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Harry S. Truman defended his descision dropping the two atomic bombs on the cities on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. He defended his descision by saying it would shorten the war and lessen the casualties.
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∙ 14y agoThe Manhattan Project was the top-secret project that was developing an atomic bomb. Two were created. It was so top-secret that not even President Franklin Roosevelt's Vice President, Harry Truman, knew about it. The war in the Pacific had been going on for a while since Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and the United States already had control of the many islands they took over in the Pacific using their island hopping strategy. When Roosevelt died, Vice President Truman became President. As President, he was informed about the Manhattan Project. The United States had been planning on invading Japan, which is why they had been taking over islands in the Pacific, so they could invade from a near-by island. When Truman found out about the atomic bomb, he decided that dropping the bomb would force Japan to surrender and the war would be over. If the United States had invaded Japan, many more lives would have been lost, American and Japanese. After the United States dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima, Japan still did not surrender. Three days later, the US dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki, forcing Japan to surrender. Japan was oblivious to the fact that we only had two bombs at the time, and decided to surrender on September 2, 1945, ending World War II.
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∙ 13y agobecause japan refused to surrender so the Americans thought they could make japan surrender by dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Who created and used the atomic bomb?
the us created the atomic bomb
Why did the US build the atomic bomb?
To defend against a possible Nazi atomic bomb!
Who did the US bomb with the atomic bomb?
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan ; another on Nagasaki, Japan, 3 days later.
Who made ethe atomic bomb?
The US .
Where did the US drop an atomic bomb in 1944?
Noplace, the US did not have any atomic bombs in 1944. Nobody had atomic bombs in 1944.
Who created and used the atomic bomb?
the us created the atomic bomb
Is Pakistani bomb is an Islamic bomb?
If you consider the US atomic bomb is a Christian bomb, the French atomic bomb is also Christian bomb and so on, then you can name the Pakistani atomic bomb an Islamic bomb.
When did the US Use atomic bomb on japan?
The US dropped the atomic bomb onto Japan on August 1945.
Why did the US build the atomic bomb?
To defend against a possible Nazi atomic bomb!
What new bomb was made after the atomic bomb by the us?
The hydrogen bomb.
When did US atomic bomb?
1945
Did the US consider using the Atomic Bomb?
The A-Bomb was invented in 1945.
Did the US develop the Hydrogen bomb or the Atomic bomb?
Yes, both.
When did the us drop a atomic bomb on denmark?
No bomb was dropped on Denmark.
Who did the US bomb with the atomic bomb?
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan ; another on Nagasaki, Japan, 3 days later.
When did the us build the atomic bomb?
1945
Who tested the first atomic bomb?
US
